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How to test text string to know if it is a date
I want to make a boolean function (isDate) to test if the text in a cel is a date or a simple text (comments or other) How to do that? Thanks iTarna -- itarna ----------------------------------------------------------------------- itarnak's Profile: http://www.excelforum.com/member.php...fo&userid=2786 View this thread: http://www.excelforum.com/showthread.php?threadid=47409 |
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How to test text string to know if it is a date
Today is your lucky day!! The IsDate() function already exists in VBA.
-- Gary's Student "itarnak" wrote: I want to make a boolean function (isDate) to test if the text in a cell is a date or a simple text (comments or other) How to do that? Thanks iTarnak -- itarnak ------------------------------------------------------------------------ itarnak's Profile: http://www.excelforum.com/member.php...o&userid=27865 View this thread: http://www.excelforum.com/showthread...hreadid=474094 |
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How to test text string to know if it is a date
However, if you want to use IsDate on the worksheet (rather than VBA) then
use a UDF like: Function isdt(r As Range) As Boolean isdt = IsDate(r) End Function -- Gary's Student "Gary''s Student" wrote: Today is your lucky day!! The IsDate() function already exists in VBA. -- Gary's Student "itarnak" wrote: I want to make a boolean function (isDate) to test if the text in a cell is a date or a simple text (comments or other) How to do that? Thanks iTarnak -- itarnak ------------------------------------------------------------------------ itarnak's Profile: http://www.excelforum.com/member.php...o&userid=27865 View this thread: http://www.excelforum.com/showthread...hreadid=474094 |
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